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Rifleman SAMUEL McILROY

Service Number: 1903
Regiment & Unit/Ship

Royal Irish Rifles

14th Bn.

Date of Death

Died 01 July 1916

Age 26 years old

Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL

III. A. 5.

France

Commonwealth War Graves Commission - Headstone Placeholder
  • Secondary Unit, Regiment attd. 109th Light Trench Mortar Bty.
  • Country of Service United Kingdom
  • Additional Info Son of David McIlroy and Catherine Geraldine McIlroy, of Blackstock, R.F.D. No. 2, South Carolina, U.S.A. Native of Belfast.
  • Personal Inscription KILLED IN ACTION
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Buried or commemorated at

CONNAUGHT CEMETERY, THIEPVAL
Somme France
Number of casualties: 1288
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